Receptacle.



J.V HADPIELD.

REGEPTACLE.

APPLIOAATION Hmm Nov. 24, 1911.

1 ,O5 3 ,492, Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

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HTTORNEK JOHN HADFIELD, F AKRON, OHIO.

RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Application led November 24, 1911. Serial'No. 662,227.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HADFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvenients in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles for storing and keeping delicate articles intact.

The object of the invention is to provide a receptacle, preferably of a transparent frangible material, for storing and keeping articles which rapidly deteriorate when eX- posed to the action of the atmosphere.

The invention contemplates providing a tubular body-portion, preferably of glass, with the ends thereof closed by fusing and provided with partitions or plugs adjacent to the ends so that when the glass is fused for closing the ends the heat utilized for producing the fusion will not be transmitted or conducted to the delicate articles contained in the receptacle..

The invention more especially contemplates providing a frangible receptacle for keeping articles such as :linger-cots and surgeons gloves, etc., of thin dipped rubber, so as to keep them soft and prevent the deterioration which accompanies their being exposed to the air, to the end that being thus kept they are ready for .instant use by simply breaking the receptacle which renders access to the contents thereof comparatively easy.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings in which similar' reference numerals indicate like parts in the different figures, Figure 1, is a view in side elevation of my improved receptacle; Fig. 2, is a longitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, is a View in end elevation; and, Fig. 4, is a transverse sectional view.

Referring to the drawings in detail the reference numeral 1 denotes the body-portion of the receptacle which is usually cy1indrical in forni, and constructed of transparent glass or other readily frangible material.

In using this device one of the ends of the tube, say, for instance, 2, is heated in a flame and when sufficiently heated is severed by means of shears which causes the two opposite sides 3 and 4; of the tube to unite and fuse together, thereby effectually hermctically closing this end of the tube, leaving the opposite end of the tube open. After this, and in order to prepare the receptacle for the holding of delicate articles, a plug 5, usually of asbestos, is inserted through the open end and the receptacle substantially .filled with articles which by reason of their nature or connjiosition are easily deteriorated by exposure to the atmosphere. A second plug 6 is then placed in the opposite end of the tube and the end 7 thereof is heated in a flame which brings it approximately to the fusing point, and it is then severed by means of shears or otherwise, causing the two ends 8 and 9 to contact and unite together to close the receptacle.

In practice the receptaclesare usually made from severed portions of glass tube by heating the tube at selected points to such a degree as will permit the severance of successive lengths or' sections from the tube, the severing means employed being usually shears which simultaneously effects a closure of one end of the severed section.

The plugs 5 and 6 serve to prevent the heat which is used to fuse the ends of the tube from being transmitted or conducted to the articles 10 which are placed within the tube.

lVhen it is desired to use the articles contained in the tube a soft towel or other fabric is wrapped about the tube and it is broken and the gloves or article removed, ready for instant use.

It will be apparent that when the articles are packed within the receptacle a sufficient quantity of a sterile fluid or a fluid having sterilizng properties may be added so as to insure absolute asepsis, to render the articles, especially if they are surgeons gloves, ready for immediate use. By putting up surgeons gloves in this manner, sealed from the air which prevents their deterioration, the

goods will keep substantially intact and in perfect condition for ready use whenever desired.

I claim:

5 As a new article of manufacture, a hollow receptacle formed from a cylindrical tube of vitreous material, the walls of which are of equal thickness throughout, a disk of heat-resisting material tightly fitted in the l0 receptacle near each end thereof, the ends l of the receptacle beyond the disks being l brought together and united, thereby herl metically sealing the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set @my hand in presence of two subscribing i5 l l l l i i Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

